Politifact.com: Statements from Alan Powellhttp://www.politifact.com/personalities/alan-powell/Statements from Alan Powell reviewed by Politifact.comen-usMon, 14 Mar 2011 06:00:00 -0400Alan Powell:
&quot;Democrats have now become the party of the [Atlanta] metro area and of blacks.&quot;http://www.politifact.com/georgia/statements/2011/mar/14/alan-powell/georgia-lawmaker-says-white-rural-democrats-are-th/The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly True | Georgia lawmaker says white rural Democrats are a thing of the past
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<p> The Democratic Party dominated Southern politics from the post-Civil War era through Franklin Roosevelt&rsquo;s New Deal and decades beyond. But the debate over civil rights issues, the scope of government and other matters ignited a transformation that has left much of the South in GOP control in recent years. Some Georgia politicians, such as state Rep. Alan Powell of Hartwell, have abruptly switched teams, sensing the political winds have shifted. Powell bolted to the Republican Party just days after being re-elected in November to the Georgia House of Representatives as a veteran Democrat.<br ...</p> <a href="/georgia/statements/2011/mar/14/alan-powell/georgia-lawmaker-says-white-rural-democrats-are-th/">>> More</a>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 06:00:00 -0400http://www.politifact.com/georgia/statements/2011/mar/14/alan-powell/georgia-lawmaker-says-white-rural-democrats-are-th/